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17 Jan 2012

Improving Effectiveness in an Age of Uncertainty

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... decisions impact the fields they work in. Can you do better? Heidi Williamson, vice president for grantmaking ...

28 Mar 2012

Philanthropy New York Leadership Network for Increasing Diversity: Introductory Meeting

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... our members are exploring projects in this area, but often do so without the opportunity to talk with their peers. It ...

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Network Building

13 Sep 2012

Performance Review: Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

Little has been written about how to review the performance of family foundation CEOs. The job carries a unique set of roles and responsibilities, including the special skills required to support effective board governance, work within the family’s...

12 Nov 2013

The Secret Ingredients to Effective Funder Collaboratives & Collective Impact

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Funder collaboratives come in many shapes and sizes. There is no right or wrong way of doing them; it all is contingent upon the specifics of each group and their goals. Come hear collective impact guru Laura Herman interview three funder colleagues...

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Issue-Based

Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation

Release Date:

06/10/2014

The Nathan Cummings Foundation confirmed today that President and CEO Simon Greer is leaving at the end this month.

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Case for Giving Cash to Poor Kids

Release Date:

08/25/2014

... Perhaps the high child poverty rate has something to do with the small amount that we spend on our young—little ... such credits are helping, they aren’t doing enough, and do not help enough people. For...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Health

Social Justice

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The Century Foundation

How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... Tabron—and made a jaw-dropping proposal: All they had to do was come up with more money than any group of foundations ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Arts

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality

Release Date:

07/08/2015

... Difficult Dance With Inequality America's foundations do not easily use the word "inequality." This may seem .....

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Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Ford Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

10 Dec 2015

Crisis Communications: How to Think, Advise and Respond During Tough Situations

Thursday, December 10, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... for the next big media crisis? The one issue that you do not prepare for is the one that might cause the most ...

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MetLife Foundation and The Wall Street Journal Raise Awareness about Financial Inclusion

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... in Asia, nearly 30% of the region’s population, still do not have access to bank accounts or other formal financial ...

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Member News

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Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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MetLife

Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

Release Date:

10/08/2015

... intent; it would be doubly difficult for my children to do so.” And so the foundation, established at first with ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

Release Date:

10/16/2015

... children of the most math-anxious parents who chose to do Bedtime Math had gains of half a school year, narrowing ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Technology

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Overdeck Family Foundation

Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

Release Date:

10/22/2015

Round table discussion with the President to be live-streamed at The Marshall Project and Yahoo.

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

NoVo Foundation’s Executive Director Pamela Shifman says that at NoVo, there is a recognition that there is a huge need to focus on support for girls of color.

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Member News

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Social Justice

Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

Release Date:

10/26/2015

... science to the public and inspiring others to do the same. The award, which carries a cash prize, was ...

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Member News

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Science

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

Release Date:

12/16/2015

Among the greatest challenges we're faced with today, is the growing health divide in underserved communities, writes Garth Graham, M.D., president of Aetna Foundation.

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Member News

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

Release Date:

01/06/2016

... far, 30 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to do so. Most have taken a traditional approach to expanding ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

Release Date:

02/03/2016

Geropsychologist Lauren N. DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, works at the University of Rochester Medical Center, but her focus isn't on patients. She works with those staff in the psychiatry, medicine and surgery departments.